(via Coby Condrey, University of North Texas) At the intersection of a range of disciplines, technologies, and communities, Digital Frontiers is an annual conference that seeks to explore, celebrate, question, and disrupt traditions in scholarship in order to advance an inclusive dialog that spans boundaries and highlights unlikely connections in the field of Digital Humanities. The theme…
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Call for Proposals: ACRL Academic Library Impact Research Grants (Deadline Extended to 4/5)
(via Sara Goek, ACRL) In 2018 the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has allocated $20,000 to offer grants of up to $3,000 each for librarians to carry out new research in areas suggested by ACRL’s 2017 report Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research (prepared for ACRL by OCLC Research and available for download or purchase)….
Call for Nominations: Rethinking Resource Sharing Award (Deadline April 27)
(via Sue Kaler, Massachusetts Library System) The Rethinking Resource Sharing (RRS) (http://rethinkingresourcesharing.org/about/) Innovation Award (http://rethinkingresourcesharing.org/innovation-award/) recognizes and honors an individual or institution for changes they have made to improve users’ access to information through resource sharing in their library, consortium, state, province or country. The purpose of the award is to showcase innovation in resource…
ACRL Board Approves Revision of Standards for Libraries in Higher Education
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) The ACRL Board of Directors has approved a revision of the association’s Standards for Libraries in Higher Education (SLHE). SLHE, adopted in 2004 and previously revised in 2011, is designed to guide academic libraries in advancing and sustaining their role as partners in educating students, achieving their…
Call for Panelists: ACRL 2019 Presentation on Multimodal Instruction
(via Delores Carlito, University of Alabama at Birmingham) I would like to put together a panel for ACRL 2019 on multimodal instruction. Topics can be: – Literacies (visual, media, digital, audio, cultural, spatial, etc.) – Threshold Concepts – Social Semiotics – How you teach students to search for or evaluate items other than “text” –…
Call for Proposals: College & Research Libraries News “Perspectives on the Framework” Column (Deadline May 1)
(via Sara Holder, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) College & Research Libraries News and ACRL’s Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee invite proposals for the publication’s “Perspectives on the Framework” column. This bimonthly column provides a forum for librarians to share implementations, best practices, critiques, explorations, and other perspectives developed from and in conversation with…
Call for Proposals: Academic Library Association of Ohio 2018 Conference (Deadline April 6)
(via the Academic Library Association of Ohio) The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) conference planning committee invites you to submit proposals for the 44th Annual Conference, Take Action! Conveying Value, Cultivating Success, which will explore our impact on student engagement, student learning and student success. We all do great things that impact students, so let’s…
Reminder: Deadline to Volunteer for an ILA Committee is March 31
(via the Illinois Library Association) Interested in serving on an ILA committee? ILA President-Elect Cynthia Fuerst is making appointments for the coming program year. Appointments begin July 1, 2018, and most committee members serve two-year terms. Complete the Committee Interest Form by Saturday, March 31, to be considered. You must be a personal member of…
Registration and Agenda for 2018 Targeting Autism Forum Available
(via Suzanne Schriar, Illinois State Library) The Targeting Autism Forum will be held on May 17-18, 2018 in the atrium of the Illinois State Library in Springfield, IL. The full agenda for the forum is available at the State Library’s website. To register, send an email to Suzanne Schriar with a subject line that reads “Registration for the…
National Library of Medicine Seeking Feedback on Strategic Plan for 2017-2027
(via Elizabeth Kiscaden, Associate Director for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region, on behalf of Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan, Director of the National Library of Medicine) I am pleased to present you with A Platform for Biomedical Discovery and Data-Powered Health, the NLM Strategic Plan for 2017-2027: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/plan/lrp17/NLM_StrategicReport2017_2027.html As it approaches…